坎 kǎn pit Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: All meanings (6) All meanings 6 kǎn 6 threshold 1trigram 1hurdle 1pit 1ridge 1trigram 1 6 sentences 他还没能跨过心里那道坎。 tā hái méi néng kuàguò xīn lǐ nà dào kǎn. He hasn't been able to get over that hurdle in his heart yet. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary他终于迈过了心里那道坎。 tā zhōngyú màiguò le xīn lǐ nà dào kǎn. He finally got over that mental hurdle. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary田间的土坎把两块菜地分开了。 tián jiān de tǔ kǎn bǎ liǎng kuài càidì fēnkāi le. An earthen ridge in the field separates the two vegetable plots. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary在八卦之中,离代表火,而坎代表水。 zài bāguà zhīzhōng, lí dàibiǎo huǒ, ér kǎn dàibiǎo shuǐ. In the Eight Trigrams, Li represents fire, while Kan represents water. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary路面上有一道深坎,骑自行车时很颠簸。 lùmiàn shàng yǒu yī dào shēn kǎn, qí zìxíngchē shí hěn diānbǒ. There is a deep dip in the road, making it very bumpy to ride a bicycle. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary我正在学习易经,今天老师详细讲解了坎这一卦的含义。 wǒ zhèngzài xuéxí Yìjīng, jīntiān lǎoshī xiángxì jiǎngjiě le kǎn zhè yī guà de hányì. I am studying the I Ching, and today the teacher explained the meaning of the Kan hexagram in detail. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary